'PLAYING CARDS WITH NORTH KOREA'
[Hoje Macau, Macau]
Daily North Korea,
South Korea
Provocations 'Mean
the End' for Kim Jong-il
"Even
if Jong-un or another of Kim's sons is named his successor, there is no hope
for North Korea … The thing that will decide North Korea’s fate isn't the
successor but China."
-- Hwang Jang-yop, former professor of
Kim Jong-il at Kim Il-sung University and former Chairman of North Korea's
Supreme People's Assembly
By Yang Jung-a
June 11, 2009
South Korea - Daily North Korea - Original
Article (English)
Hwang Jang-yop, president of
the Committee for the Democratization of North Korea, is certain, "It is
almost time for the North’s long-running one-man dictatorship to perish. North
Korea's recent provocative behavior is abnormal even for Pyongyang. Kim Jong-il
can no longer avoid change."
Hwang made the comment on
Thursday, during a meeting with Kim Young-hwan, a researcher with the North
Korean Network for Democracy and Human Rights and a member of the editorial board
of the Daily North Korea
"Even if Jong-un or
another of Kim's sons is named his successor, there is no hope for North Korea,"
Hwang asserted, "The thing that will decide North Korea’s fate isn't the
successor but China. China still believes that using Kim Jong-il is beneficial to
itself. … While Beijing pretends to hate
North Korea's military provocations and is mindful of global opinion, China remains
indecisive when it comes to North Korea."
Hwang stressed, "We must
convince China of the serious damage that its alliance with North Korea could
do to itself. Beijing must be persuaded that international situation has
changed."
Kim Young-hwan agreed, "It
may at first appear that the third generation succession has succeeded, but it
will ultimately fail."
Kim pointed out, "When
Kim Jong-il was designated his successor in 1974, loyalty to Kim Il-sung among
the people was absolute. Now, however, loyalty to the system and to Kim Jong-il
has weakened dramatically."
Testimony from North Koreans
who have recently defected and fled to China shows that public alienation from
the regime is significant, and stories about public dissatisfaction are spreading,
Kim said.
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Kim recounted one story he
had heard from a defector.
"At a gathering of university
students, one student asked, ‘Who is there such chaos in this society?’ and
another, fearful of wiretapping, just pointed at a portrait of Kim Jong-il."
In the past, such a complaint
would never have been voiced - not even among family members.
He concluded, "There are
many phenomena that show how the North Korean system is shaking."
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